Qyeslions ll o Good Cllln Shild Km.
D. Have you read ihe Consti
tution of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. What form of Government
is this?
R. Republic.
D. What is the Constitution of
the United States?
R. It is the fundamental law of
this country.
D. Who makes the laws of the
United States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress consist
of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President.
D. How long is the President
of the United States elected?
R. 4 years.
D. Who takes the place of the
President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of
the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
elcted? e
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of?
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. How many State in the un
ion?
R. 48.
D. When was the Declaration
of Independence signed?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
R. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
R. Washington.
D. Which is the capital of the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Ilarrisburg.
I). How many Senators has
each state in the United States
Senate ? \ftiH
R. Two.
D. By whom are they elected ?
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. 6 years.
D. How many representatives
OBSERVATION:
It is the close observation of little
things which is the secret of success
in business, in art, in science and
in every pursuit in life. Human
knowledge is but an accumulation
of small facts made by successive
generations of men —the little bits
of knowledge and experience care
fully treasured up by them growing
at length into a mighty pyramid.—
Samuel Smiles.
morning.
A perfume of flowers is wafted gent
ly from the mountains. The sun is
new risen, and the dew still glistens
on the leaves of trees and the petals
of flowers. A road like a gray ribbon
thrusts into the quiet mountain gorge
—a stone paved road which yet looks
as soft as velvet, so that one almost
has a desire to stroke it. Maxim
Gorky.
Reading History.
He who reads history learns to dis
tinguish what is local from what is
universal, what is transitory from
what is eternal; to discriminate be
tween exceptions and rules, to trace
the operation of disturbing causes, to
separate the general principles which
are always true and everywhere ap
plicable from the accidental eireum
stances with which in every commu
nity they are blended and with which,
in an isolated community, they are
confounded by the most philosophical
mind. Hence it is that in generalization
the writers of modern times have far
surpassed those of antiquity.—Macau
lay.
are there ? ..
R. 435. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211,000, (the
ratio fixed by Congress after each
decennial census.)
D. For how long are they elect
ed?
R. 2 years.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
R. 38.
D. AVho is the chief executive
of the state of Pennsylvania?
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elected?
R. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor?
R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
government ?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to organiz
ed government?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist?
R. No.
D. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be
ieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or poll
gamist ?
R. No.
D. What is a bigamist or poly
gamist ?
R. One who believes in having
more than one wife.
I). Do you belong to any secret
Society who teaches to disbelieve
in organized government ?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated any
b ws of the United States?
R. No.
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City ?
R. The board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. S. ?
R. Yes.
Matter of Course.
Poet—Did you send back my last six
batches of poems? Editor—Of course
' —if I received them.—New York Globe.
A Hurricane.
When wind travels a hundred miles
an hour or over it is called a hurri
cane.
LIFE IN COLLEGE.
A Few Sarcastic Pointers on How to
Write a Story About It.
Anybody can write a story about col
lege life. If he lias not attended a
college so milch the better; bis imagina
tion is less trammeled. A few simple
rules must be observed, however:
First.—All heroes are named Jack,
Stanley or Dick.
Second.—All college men wear sweat
ers always and smoke short, fat bowled
pipes.
Third.—There is always a fatty, who
is a funny fellow.
Fourth.—Any four college men make
up a quartet, which can sing "Mer
hileee We lto-hull Alounug" at any
time.
Fifth.—All college men are wooing a
girl named Dorothy or Betty, who is
"sweet and pure as an angel."
Sixth. —All college men address one
another as "old hoss."
Seventh.—College men never study,
but spend their time in tossing repartee
back and forth.
Eighth.—All college rooms are adorn
ed with pennants.
Ninth.—All college men call their
fathers "Fater" and speak of the
"honor of the dear old school" in a
husky voice.—Harvard Lampoon.
Hugo and the Barber.
Wlieu Victor Hugo lived in Paris in
the Place Royale he used to be shaved
by a barber named Brassier. A friend
of the poet asked the barber one day if
he was busy. "I hardly know which
way to turn." was the reply. "We have
to dress the hair of thirty ladies for
soirees and balls." And M. Brassier
showed the list to his friend. A few
days after the friend returned and in
quired about the thirty ladies. "Ah,
monsieur," said the barber sadly, "I
was not able to attend half the num
ber, and I have lost many good cus
tomers through M. Victor Hugo." It
appears that the poet when about to be
shaved was suddenly inspired and
seized the first piece of paper be could
find to write a poem. Hugo hastily
left the shop with his unfinished verses,
on the back of which were the names
Rml addresses of the thirty ladies,
many of whom waited in vain for their
coiffeur.
TORPEDOED SHIP
CARRIED FLAX
Grew of Leelanaw, Sunk Off
Scotch Coast, Rescued
GERMANS COMPLY WITH NOTE
Vessel Was Torpedoed After Several
Shots Had Failed to Sink Her.
Crew Landed at Kirkwall, Were
Well Treated by Teutons—Act Is
Not In "Unfriendly" Class—Presi
dent Makes No Comment.
London, July 27. —The American
steamship Leelanaw was torpedoed
Sunday by a submarine off the north
west coast of Scotland. The men of
the crew were all saved. In their
own boats they were brought into
Kirkwall.
The Leelanaw was bound from Arch
angel, July 8, for Belfast with a cargo
of flax.
The torpedoing of the Leelanaw was
officially reported to the state depart
ment by Consul Dennison at Dundee
The consul stated only that the vessel
had been torpedoed, that the crew had
been landed at Kirkwell, Scotland,
and that they were proceeding to Dun
dee. The United States has only a
consular agent at Kirkwall, so no de
tailec report of the case is expectec
until the survivors of the Leelanaw
have reached Dundee.
A dispatch from Kirkwall says that
after the crew left the Leelanaw
about a dozen shells were fired at th(
steamer. They failed to sink it, how
ever, and it ultimately was sent to the
bottom by a torpedo.
The crew was taken aboard the sub
marine, the dispatch adds, and was
treated well. When in sight of the
Orkney islands the men were ordered
to return to their boats and the sub
marine disappeared.
Under the general rules of interna
tion law the destruction of a neutral
vessel carrying contraband was not
admitted until the famous Knight
Commander case in the Russo-Jap
anese war. The Declaration of Lon
don in 1909 embodied the principle as
applicable in extreme cases, but stipu
lated that passengers and crew must
be transferred to a place of safety
and the case itself later sent to a
prize court for determination as to
the legality of the act.
The United States in the case of the
! William P. Frye, however, took its
stand irrespective of the general prin
ciples of international law as set forth
: in the unratified Declaration of Lon
don, going back to a prior authority,
; the Prussian-American treaty of 1828,
as a document that covered complete
ly any attacks on American vu*ls
carrying contraband.
President Wilson Silent.
Cornish, N. H., July 27.—Unofficial
word of the sinking of the American
j steamship Leelanaw by a German sub
; marine was conveyed to President
i Wilson, but he declined to comment
for publication pending the receipt of
full official details. The news that
the crew of the steamer was saved
was received with relief by members
of the presidential party.
U-Boats Get Two Britishers.
London, July 27—The British
steamship Grangewood, of 3,422 tons
gross, bound from Archangel, Russia,
for Havre, France, has been torpedoed
and sunk in the North sea by a Ger
man submarine. The crew landed at
: Lerwick, Scotland.
The Norwegian steamship Fimreite,
of 3,819 tons gross, was sunk by a
German submarine. The crew was
landed at Stornoway, Scotland.
BRiTAIN DEFENDS SEIZURES
Orders In Council Compared to Civil
War Cases.
Washington, July 27. —Great Brit
ain's reply to the American note of
March 30 protesting against enforce
ment of the orders-in-council which re
j strict neutral commerce has been re
ceived. It holds that the orders are
within international law, although
they may involve a new application
of principlt , and argues that it is
proper to await a judicial interpreta
tion.
The note in the mort courteous
language holds that Great Britain's
action is justified by decisions of the
United States supreme court in cases
arising during the Civil war. Any
differences with the United States
over what is termed the new applica
tion of principles are held to be
proper for submission to judicial set
tlement.
REVENUE EMPLOYEE SOUGHT
C. C. Connor Charged With Taking
Revenue Stamp Money.
Pittsburgh. July 27.—United State#
Commissioner Knox has issued a war
rant for the arrest of Charles C. Con
nor, until recently a deputy for this
district in the office of C. G. Lewel'.; ;i,
internal revenue collector.
It is alleged that Connor appropri
ated moneys that had been sent
through the mails in payment cf
stamps for the war taxes recently im
posed by the government.
Mower Cuts Off Boy's Foot.
Klndiay, 0., July 27. —Russell Soli,
agei fifteen, had his left foot cut off
at the ankle and his right foot badly
cut when he was standing in front of
a mower and the horses started with
out his noticing them.
BIG TREE MAIL STATION.
Renowned as the Oldest Postoffice
Building In America.
The pioneers of the northwest often
made use of huge trees hollowed out
by fire or decay. Some of these "tree
houses" they occupied as temporary
residences. Others they used as shel
ters for stock or as primitive barns.
Only one, however, ever had the dis
tinction of being a United States post
office. That stump is in Clallam coun
ty, in the state of Washington.
In early days the settlers were wide
ly scattered, and it was a long jour
ney over rough trails to the postoffice.
Carriers could do no more than leave
mail at some central point The big
cedar stump, twelve feet in diameter
and reduced to a shell by fire, was a
base from which a number of trails
radiated.
By common consent it became the
postoffice for a wide region. The set
tlers put on a roof of cedar shakes
and nailed boxes around its interior,
which they regarded as marked with
their names. There was a larger box
for the outgoing mail. There were no
locks, but the mails were never tam
pered with.
This primitive postoffice was used
for more than a year. It has been
carefully preserved and is annually
visited by hundreds of interested sight
seers. The stump is believed to be
over 2.000 years old, which clearly es
tablishes its right to the distinction of
being the oldest postoffice building In
America.—Youth's Companion.
GRANDEES OF SPAIN.
Etiquette of the Hat That Differen
tiates the Three Ranks.
A grandee of Spain enjoys the priv
ilege, granted him many hundreds of
| years ago, of remaining "covered" in
the presence of his sovereign. This
custom dates from the period when,
according to the theory then held, the
king was "the first among equals."
The ancient formula always at the
coronation of the kings of old Spain
was: "We, your equals, choose you
to reign over us." And the king as
sented in this declaration of his nobles.
There was a time when all grandees
of Spain wore their bats in the pres
ence of the king, but in time the idea
of caste began to prevail, even among
the grandees, with the result that they
were eventually divided into three
classes, and these classes were distin
guished by the hat etiquette.
The first class entered the royal pres
ence covered; the second class entered
uncovered, and after an advance of a
few steps, put on their hats, unbidden
by the king, and the third class also
entered uncovered, but did not "cover"
until requested to do so by the king.
Then, according to the etiquette, "all
were equal."
There have been grandees who were
not Spaniards—notably the Duke of
j Wellington, upon whom the cortes con
ferred the honor in recognition of his
services to the state.—Exchange.
Safety First.
j It was a children's matinee of "Alice
In Wonderland." Parties of small fry
convoyed by guardian adults had been
pouring in a steady stream down the
aisles to settle in their seats with much
flutter of short skirts and bobbing of
beads and tossing back of curls.
One group consisted of mother and
nurse, a gay little maid of eight or so,
and a solemn little boy somewhat
younger. Each child clutched a pro
gram, and on their faces was a look of
rapt expectancy. As they were filing
into their seats the little girl pulled at
her mother's sleeve and said in a loud
stage whisper:
"Mother, don't you think you and
Marie had better sit at the two ends to
keep away the germs, you know?"—
New York Post.
Some Measures.
The length of the foot was used for
distances long before it was fixed at
twelve inches. A "furlong" is only a
furrowlong. The breadth of the hand
became the standard because the eas
iest way of measuring the height of
the horse. The length of the arm gave
the length of the "ell," and from the
elbow to the tip of the middle finger
was the "cubit" By stretching out
both arms as if ou a cross man invent
ed the measure of the "fathom."
Cloth measure still decrees that two
and one-half inches make a "nail,"
and this is the width of four fingers
held together and measured across the
nails. The apothecary's "dram" origi
nally signified "only as much raw spir
it as can be held in the mouth."
An Insinuation.
"They tell me, Mrs. Comeup, your
daughter went through that reception
In her honor without any faux pas."
"No such thing! She had as much
of it as anybody that was there."—Ex
change.
Tha Evolution of tha Hog.
The time honored razor backed hog
is giving place to the sleek porker, on
whose broad back a square meal could
be displayed without a drop of coffee
being spilled and with no danger of
even one of the dishes sliding to the
ground. The rooter is being shouldered
out of the way in Georgia by the hog
that doesn't have to root for a living
and is so fat that its efforts to root
would be ludicrous. Scientists say that
when any part of an animal is lon*.-
unused it tends gradually to disappear.
Does that mean that pig culture will
cause the final disappearance of the
nasal protuberance of the hog with
which it formerly was accustomed to
root for its living?— Savannah News.
LABOR AND ART CLASHED.
The Battle V/as Rather One Sided and
Labor Won the Night.
Among tbe experiences which Six
Frederick Cowen. the eminent compos
er, relates in his hook "My Art and
My Friends" is the following: Once
while conducting in Melbourne a ter
rible noise of hammering started over
head as soon as the concert began.
"I put dowu my baton and stopped."
writes Sir Frederick; "so did the noise.
Thinking it wus over. I began again;
BO did the noise. I then sent a mes
' senger with a polite request that the
noise should cease. After about teu
minutes, during which the hammering
grew more and more persistent, the
messenger returned, and I said to him:
"'Did you give them my message?'
" 'Yes, sir.'
"'And what was their answer?'
"They said, "Tell Mr. Cowen we've
got our contract to finish by a certain
time aDd we ain't going to stop for no
concert or nobody." *
"Upon this I turned to the audience
and said:
" 'Ladies and gentlemen, as you have
possibly noticed, there has been a fight
between labor and art. Labor has
won. I am very sorry, and I wish you
all good night'
"Then I dismissed the orchestra, and
there was no concert that evening."
I
FIRE RISKS ON FARMS.
Bafety First Should Be as Much the
Rule There as Elsewhere.
A contributor to Farm and Fireside
shows how appalling fire risks are on
farms. He tells bow to reduce some
of these fire risks and writes in part
as follows:
"The inveterate smoker is about as
dangerous as? a walking stick of dyna
mite. It m; kes me shudder to see a
man smoking around the farm build
ings. One man I know never will for
get the way he was run off the farm
when I caught him smoking a ciga
rette while stacking hay.
"Another dangerous practice of which
the average man is guilty is that of
carrying ordinary matches loose in his
pockets. He should carry either safe
ty matches or keep the ordinary kind
in a metal box.
"On most farms the lantern is still
the usual light for working about the
buildings after dark. A good way to
keep it clean and safe is. first, to take
out the burners and clean them by
boiling in strong soapsuds. This will
keep the ventilating passages of the
burner working properly. Then wipe
all leaking or spilled oil off the base.
"Never set a lantern down. Either
hold it or hang it up. Then when it is
accidentally struck It will swing In
stead of upsetting."
A Gladstone Anecdote.
Lord Alverstone tells this anecdote
of Gladstone in his "Recollections:"
"Mr. Gladstone was very much in
terested in the Caucasus. I had a
friend. Captain X., who had recently
•ome home from that district, and I
gave him a letter of introduction to Mr.
Gladstone. A few days later I met Mr.
Gladstone in Parliament street He
stopped me and said. 'Your friend.
Captain X., knows more about the Cau
j casus than any man I ever met' A
few minutes afterward I met Captain
X. in Pall Mall. I said to him. 'Well,
you have made a great impression, Mr.
Gladstone.' 'Have I?' he said. 'Yes,'
I replied. 'He says you know more
about the Caucasus than any man he
ever met' 'Well,' said Captain X., 'thai
is very Strange, for, though I was with
him for three-quarters of an hour, I
made only three observations.'"
Leather Medals.
Leather medals were originally con
ferred as a genuine mark of honor.
When King Jphn of France, captured
at Agincourt. was forced to pay to Ed
ward 111. of England a ransom of
3,000,000 gold crowns to effect his re
lease he was left without preciou*
metal for coins or decorations. So he
found it necessary to pay the palace
expenses with leather money. He also
used leather medals when he wished to
confer honor on some nobleman. The
custom quickly arose of presenting
leather medals as a burlesque distinc
tion.—American Boy.
Tfc
Discretion.
"Mother"—Elsie's eyes were round
with horror—"that little boy next door
just said the awfulest thing."
"Come tell mother, dear."
"Oh. 1 couldn't possibly tell you; it
was too awful."
"Elsie, tell me instantly."
Elsie backed toward the door. "I
think I'd better run out in the garden
and play. I feel it coming on that I'm
going to tell." —New York Post
Sound Advice.
"1 wish iugornar to think only of
me."
"I would not distract bis thoughts
too much from business, my dear,"
counseled her mother. "Remember you
will need a great many expensive
things." —Louisville Courier- Journal.
Why He Failed.
"I understand his marriage was a
failure."
"Yes; he tried to run it the way he
ran his business."
"How do you mean?"
"He was never in the office." —De-
troit Free Press.
Gentle Gertrude.
**— -ooe —Gertrude is a gentle erea
e? Percival—Yes; instead
the cream she just scolds
*vn Telegram.
to great men to have great
nch Proverb.
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NO WHITEWASH
PRQBEWANTED
President Orders Rigid Inves
tigation of Eastland Disaster
EM PTY WATER TANKS BLAMED
Chicago Buries Its Dead While Fed
eral Grand Jury Investigates—Bow
and Stern Lines Still Fast to Steam
er—soo Believed Still In Hulk—ln
dependent Probers Are Named at
Washington.
Chicago, July 27.—Not a wheel is
turning, not a store opened its doors
today in Cicero, on the far west side
of Chicago, for Cicero is burying its
dead.
All day the silent running black
wagons of the undertakers passed up
and down the streets and grief broke
out afresh as each drew up to the
curb and discharged its freight of
j death. These vehicles of mourning
are practically the only conveyances
to be seen in the streets of the town
and with their coming came the full
terrible realization of the disaster.
Making the bereavement of the
locality even more terrible is the in
dustrial situation touching most of the
homes. Times have been hard, it is
only lately that a brighter prospect
has been in view, and many of the
men have been working only on half
time. Some have had no work for
months and there are payments to
make on homes and furnishings, while
before all else there is the matter of
burying the lost ones, the lost ones
in many cases being the breadwinners
of the families.
The territory bereaved includes
Hawthorne, where the toll was high
est; Morton Park, Warren Park, Grant
Works and Clyde. And in every block
in each of these the shaft of sorrow
was struck home. For these are the
communities from which the plant of
the Western Electric company drew
I its workers. In the village of Morton
Park within the compass of a single
square mile there are nineteen dead.
Coroner Hoffman and other officials
after a careful census of the dead,
identified, unidentified and known
! missing, puts the total loss of life in
the disaster at 1,500. Firemen and
the divers who have explored the
lower sections of the great steel tomb
insist there are still 500 bodies locked
within the hull.
Steps were taken towards punish
ing those responsible for the appal
ling loss of life by the federal, state
and municipal authorities and indica
tions point that the inquiries will be
the most sweeping of the kind ever
held. The machinery of the federal
government was set in motion by
President Wilson when, at his ium-
Her home in Cornish, N. H., he com
municated with Secretary Iledfield of
the department of commerce to take
a hand in the investigation and as
certain if there were any violations
! of the criminal law.
"There will be no whitewashing in
this inquiry," said a federal official.
"President Wilson is at the helm in a
personal and particular way. The
president has demanded facts and he
is getting them."
Late Monday afternoon the grand
jury under Foreman George A.
Hughes visited the wreck of the East
land and made a thorough inspection
of the hull. The jury seemed particu
larly impressed with the fact that bow
and stern lines which had moored the
craft to its wharf were still at
tached.
Naval Officers to Probe.
Washington, July 27. —The inquiry
about to be conducted by the federal
government into the causes for the
accident of the steamer Eastland,
which went down in the Chicago river
with an appalling loss of life, will be
most thorough of the kind ever
undertaken. Government authorities
are wrought up over the charge that
lax adminisiration on the part of the
steamboat inspection service was a
contributing cause for the tragedy.
The inspection service itself is to be
probed and the result may be a
thorough reorganization.
Informal announcement was made
by Acting Secretary of Commerce
Sweet that an investigation of the
cause of the tragedy would be made
by a board of naval officers and civi
lians. This inquiry will be inde
pendent of that now in progress by
officials of the steamboat inspection
service.
Acting Secretary Sweet took oc
casion to say today that D. M. Hoover,
acting supervising inspector general
of the steamboat inspection service,
who is at Chicago, could be depended
on to make a thorough and impartial
investigation. The officials said that
the Chicago inspectors engaged
In the inquiry are not the men who
recently examined the Eastland at
Grand Haven, Mich.
Sullivan Not Bryan Appointee.
Washington, July 27. —The appoint
ment of James M. Sullivan of New
York city to be minister to Santo Do
mingo is sharply criticised by Senator
Phelan of California, in presenting
the conclusions of his investigation,
which resulted in Minister Sullivan
being asked to resign. The senator's
findings were made public at the state
department. William J. Bryan often
has been blamed for the Sullivan ap
pointment, now it ought to be sa*d
fca had nothing to do with the selec
tion of Sullivan.